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Piper retrofractum

Botanic Family

Piperaceae

Author

Vahl

Common Names

• Jia bi ba (Pinyin)
• His Li Ft (Laos)
• Di Fold (Thai)
• Long Pepper
• Javanese Long Pepper
• Bakek (Singapore)

Geographical Habitats

• Yunnan-China?
• India
• Indonesia
• Johore
• Malacca - Malaysia
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Coastal
• streamside forest
• montane areas.

Flowering Times

• May-Jul (China)

Fruiting Times

Dioecious rather fleshy glabrous climber with leaves to 175mm x 70mm. 1.2mm flowers & fruit a drupe, liane, male spike to 65mm x 10mm with bracts to 1.5mm diameter, female spike to 40mm x 10mm with bracts 1.5mm diameter. Fruiting spikes to 75mm long, small dark red drupes

Further References

• Sturtevant 1919
• FOC
• net
• JPS
• Mansfeld
• The Plant List 2
• F Indochine
• GBS
• FOMP
• SAFIO